Group aims to honor Tulsa race riot victims, build economy
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February 24, 2017
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A new commission aims to tell the story of 300 black residents of Tulsa who died during one of the worst race riots in American history and to act as a catalyst to drive new businesses to the Oklahoma city, the group's leaders said Friday.
About 800 residents were also injured in the Tulsa race riots of late May 31 and early June 1, 1921, and more than 8,000 were left homeless after firebombs destroyed movie palaces, churches and hotels and decimated the economic and cultural mecca that had become known as Black Wall Street on the north side of the city.
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